โRuin Your Blissโ finds South West Englandโs The Boy Blue staring straight into the modern nightmare and refusing to look away. Written in the shadow of past and recent attacks on innocent people, the song wrestles with how terror seeps into everyday life, how it stains public spaces, memories, and routines, yet still leaves room for courage, defiance, and the stubborn urge to carry on. It brings a shaken voice standing its ground in a world that doesnโt feel as safe as it used to.
The track opens with slow, heavy guitar melodies, low and weighty, while the drums rumble in the distance like trouble on the horizon. Those drums gradually fade in and swell, getting louder and more insistent, tightening the tension with every bar. When the vocals finally arrive, they are husky and raspy, brooding as they sing drearily. Thereโs a sense of walking through a city you love, knowing something has changed in the air, even if the streets look the same.
As the song progresses, that simplicity in structure becomes its secret weapon. The arrangement slowly pulls the emotional rope tighter. The singerโs voice begins to soar gruffly over the thickening instrumentation, riding the tension rather than releasing it. You can hear both grief and grit in the delivery, acknowledging that the blissful days are gone but refusing to surrender everyday life to that fear of living in dread. By the final stretch, โRuin Your Blissโ feels like a candle held up in a darkened room. Itโs small, flickering, but stubbornly, defiantly still burning.
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Review by: Naomi Joan